The ink on the incident of rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata is still not dry. There was a rush in the LG Hospital managed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation when the resident doctor was strangled by the patient’s relatives. The security guard present there released the doctor. Following this incident, the resident doctors were separated from the emergency services for three to four hours. After much persuasion, he resumed operations. After this incident, a complaint has been registered against the patient’s family in the Maninagar police station. A patient who had consumed poisoned medicine was brought for treatment at Municipal Corporation-run LG Hospital in the early hours of Sunday (August 18). After bringing the patient to the emergency trauma center, the resident doctor Hiralben was asking the relatives of the patient about what medicine the patient had taken and how the incident happened. When the patient’s relatives were asked for treatment, they were quite agitated. They started brawling saying treat. In the meantime, another resident doctor Ravi Chaudhary, who was present there, reached there. He told the patient’s relatives that it is necessary to ask some information for treatment so that proper treatment can be given. Doctor Ravi Chaudhary was explaining the patient’s relatives at that time. At that time, another person present there was taking a video on a mobile phone. So Ravi Choudhary forbade him to take the video and there was a heated argument between the doctor and the patient’s family. A man strangled the doctor in a fit of rage. However, the security present there released the doctor. The patient’s family threatened the doctor and said, ‘You don’t know me. I will see you.’ The resident doctors left the emergency service. The incident was reported to the superintendent in charge of the hospital as the resident doctors disengaged from the work. The incident was reported to the officials including the dean of the medical college and the doctors were explained. Security guards are stationed outside the Emergency Trauma Center and near the main gate at LG Hospital. After this incident, the hospital authorities are considering putting one or two security guards on duty even inside the emergency trauma center. Sufficient CCTV in the hospital. Cameras are on. Besides, a proposal will be made before the municipal system to build a police post in the hospital complex. If there is a 24-hour police presence, incidents of clashes with the patient’s relatives and doctors can be avoided.
